The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group
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François Dremeaux has kindly sent extracts from his MPhil dissertation Les Messageries Maritimes á Hong Kong (1918-1941) He says “I did my MPhil about the Messageries Maritimes in Hong Kong during the interwar period. More than a subject, it is also a passion!” HF: François has translated the extracts from the original French and I have slightly amended his translations […]
» Read morePURNELL & PAGET. This well-known firm of architects and engineers is composed of Mr. Arthur W. Purnell, of Geelong, Australia; and Mr. Charles S. Paget, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Both are young men of special training in their particular work, and since they have been in practice in Canton they have had numerous important undertakings entrusted to them of a varied character, […]
» Read morehttps://www.cbs.dk/en/cbs-news-en/119/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-east-asiatic-company see also photo in book Changing Places kept at home
» Read moreArnholds -“As a German company in the British colony of Hong Kong, it was liquidated during World War One. It revived as the British-registered Arnhold Brothers & Company in Shanghai, returning to Hong Kong in the early 1920s.” Arnholds: China Trader, Vaudine England, Pub Arnhold & Co, 2017 Related Indhhk articles: Hong Kong Industry during World War One
» Read moresee Vaudine’s book Arnhold Related Indhhk articles: Arnhold, Karberg & Company – founded in Hong Kong, 1866
» Read morexxxx Enid Tsui http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2127782/chinese-dealers-who-made-hong-kong-antiques-trade
» Read moreElizabeth Ride has sent the Naval section of a British Army Aid Group (BAAG) Waichow Intelligence Summary (WIS 25) dated 23rd March 1943. This covers shipping movements in and out of Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation in World War Two during late January to late March 1943, a longer period than is usual in this type of report. There […]
» Read more“A strange time to embark on a new venture, but the Arnhold brothers had a habit of testing the limits. At the end of 1935, they founded a new company called Arnhold Trading & Company Ltd. In fact the business it was to conduct was anything but new. This was a return to historical strengths in the logistics of exporting […]
» Read moreDear Subscriber I must apologize for the delay in sending out this Newsletter which has been considerably longer than the two months promised on the site’s Home Page. We currently have over 1,450 articles posted on our website. Stephen Davies suggested a while back that he thought the site was sufficiently large and, though I hesitate to use the words, […]
» Read moreYork Lo: Pao Hsing Cotton Mill(寶星紡織廠) who contributed this??? 7 story Pao Hsing Mill – the largest cotton mill in Kwai Chung in 1961 (HKU Libraries) While Pao Hsing Cotton Mill might not have been one of the largest and best-known cotton mills in HK, it was a notable firm in the history of HK cotton spinners for several reasons […]
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